{{Short description|Phosphate mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Atencioite | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Atencioite-108824.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Atencioite found in Brazil | struct image = | struct caption = | struct imagesize = | struct2 image = | struct2 caption = | struct2 imagesize= | SMILES = | Jmol = | category = | formula = Ca{{sub|2}}Fe{{sup|2+}}{{sub|3}}Mg{{sub|2}}Be{{sub|4}}(PO{{sub|4}}){{sub|6}}(OH){{sub|4}}·6H{{sub|2}}O | IMAsymbol = Aco | molweight = | strunz = | dana = | system = | class = | symmetry = | unit cell = | color = greenish brown | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | toughness = | mohs = | luster = | streak = | diaphaneity = | gravity = 2.86 | density = | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | Curie temp = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = | var1 = | var1text = | var2 = | var2text = | var3 = | var3text = | var4 = | var4text = | var5 = | var5text = | var6 = | var6text = }} '''Atencioite''' is a calcium iron phosphate mineral with the chemical formula Ca{{sub|2}}Fe{{sup|2+}}{{sub|3}}Mg{{sub|2}}Be{{sub|4}}(PO{{sub|4}}){{sub|6}}(OH){{sub|4}}·6H{{sub|2}}O. Its type locality is Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was named after Daniel Atencio, a mineralogy professor at the University of São Paulo.<ref>[https://mindat.org/min-27433.html Atencioite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406023847/https://www.mindat.org/min-27433.html |date=2019-04-06 }} on mindat.org</ref>
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== External links ==
* [http://webmineral.com/data/Atencioite.shtml Atencioite data sheet]
Category:Calcium minerals Category:Iron(II) minerals Category:Phosphate minerals Category:Magnesium minerals Category:Beryllium minerals Category:Hydroxide minerals Category:Hexahydrate minerals
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